Angelica (2016 film) | |
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Directed by | Marisol Gomez-Mouakad |
Written by | Marisol Gómez-Mouakad |
Produced by | Marisol Gómez-Mouakad |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Erika Licea Orozco |
Edited by | Marisol Gómez-Mouakad |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Puerto Rico |
Language | Spanish |
Angelica is a Puerto Rico film made in 2016 by Marisol Gómez-Mouakad. Based on colorism, sexism and racism, the movie centers on a girl with an Afro-Latino father and a white Latina mother who aspires to be a Fashion designer and faces discrimination from her mother. [1] [2] [3]
The effects and her journey on finding her identity and standing up for herself is portrayed along with her struggles throughout the movie. [1] It won an award at the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Feature in 2018. [4]
Angelica, an African-Puerto Rican, has spent her whole life fighting to affirm, legitimize and explore her Africaness inside her family and in Puerto Rico, a society that denigrates and dismisses her Africaness. A rare drama that looks at the color contradictions and consequences in Puerto Rico and throughout the Afro-Latin world. [5]
Angelica (2016 film) | |
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Directed by | Marisol Gomez-Mouakad |
Written by | Marisol Gómez-Mouakad |
Produced by | Marisol Gómez-Mouakad |
Starring |
|
Cinematography | Erika Licea Orozco |
Edited by | Marisol Gómez-Mouakad |
Release date |
|
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Puerto Rico |
Language | Spanish |
Angelica is a Puerto Rico film made in 2016 by Marisol Gómez-Mouakad. Based on colorism, sexism and racism, the movie centers on a girl with an Afro-Latino father and a white Latina mother who aspires to be a Fashion designer and faces discrimination from her mother. [1] [2] [3]
The effects and her journey on finding her identity and standing up for herself is portrayed along with her struggles throughout the movie. [1] It won an award at the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Feature in 2018. [4]
Angelica, an African-Puerto Rican, has spent her whole life fighting to affirm, legitimize and explore her Africaness inside her family and in Puerto Rico, a society that denigrates and dismisses her Africaness. A rare drama that looks at the color contradictions and consequences in Puerto Rico and throughout the Afro-Latin world. [5]